Staff Product Designer, Shakepay
CA$170-195.5k
+ Equity
Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
Be an early applicant
Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$170-195.5k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience designing and shipping high-quality consumer products
- Proven track record of leading complex, ambiguous initiatives with measurable impact
- Strong product thinking, with the ability to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
- Experience influencing product direction and aligning teams without direct authority
- Ability to operate at multiple levels—from systems and strategy to detailed execution
- Deep understanding of scalable design systems and patterns
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills across disciplines and levels
- Collaborative by default, with strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, and Marketing
- Comfortable working in tools like Figma and prototyping interactions to bring ideas to life
- Passion for Bitcoin, financial empowerment, and the future of money
What the job involves
- As a Staff Product Designer, you’ll drive design direction across key areas of the Shakepay product, tackling our most complex and ambiguous challenges. You’ll operate as a force multiplier—raising the bar for craft, influencing product strategy, and helping teams ship better, faster
- You won’t just design experiences—you’ll shape what we build and how we build it. You’ll work across teams, partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure we deliver cohesive, high-quality experiences at scale
- Lead high-impact, ambiguous initiatives: Take ownership of the most complex product challenges, turning unclear problem spaces into clear, actionable solutions from concept to execution
- Drive product and design direction: Partner with Product and Engineering to shape roadmap decisions, influence strategy, and ensure we’re solving the right problems
- Design for measurable impact: Deliver experiences that improve core metrics like activation, engagement, retention, and conversion, while maintaining a high bar for quality
- Operate across teams and product areas: Work horizontally to ensure a cohesive product experience across surfaces, aligning teams and driving consistency at scale
- Elevate design systems as a strategic lever: Drive the evolution of scalable design systems and patterns to improve quality, speed, and consistency across the organization
- Raise the bar for design: Set standards for craft and execution. Provide high-impact feedback, guide critical work, and help define what great looks like at Shakepay
- Mentor and multiply the team’s impact: Support and coach designers through hands-on feedback, collaboration, and example—making the entire team more effective
Our take
Shakepay is a major platform in Canada for buying and trading Bitcoin, boasting a user base exceeding 1M amid the ongoing surge in cryptocurrency adoption.
In navigating the dynamic digital economy, Shakeypay must balance agility with maintaining trust among both seasoned crypto users and newcomers. The company's strategic decision to focus on Bitcoin and Ethereum, complemented by initiatives like the Shakepay rewards card, reflects its commitment to simplicity and accessibility in a complex market landscape.
Shakepay is focused on enhancing its user-friendly cryptocurrency interface to sustain growth. Recent engagement with regulators highlights its commitment to safe digital asset transactions. Following a data breach, Shakepay swiftly implemented security measures and offers free credit monitoring, reinforcing its dedication to customer data security. As it innovates and expands, Shakepay remains dedicated to advancing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2022
$32.2m
SERIES A
Feb 2018
$0.8m
SEED
Total funding: $33m
Company benefits
- Equity benefits: We believe everyone at Shakepay should benefit from building a generational company, so every shaker owns stock options
- Get paid in bitcoin: You can choose to take a percentage of your salary in bitcoin. Whether you opt for some or none, the choice to be paid in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known is yours
- Remote friendly: With a flexible schedule, you can work on your own time, from home or anywhere. And if you're close by, you’re welcome to work in our Montreal or Toronto offices whenever you want. Being a remote-first company is awesome, but there’s value in spending time with your teammates and deepening these bonds. So, each shaker is entitled to 15 days of travel and accommodation to any Canadian city each year, covered by Shakepay
- Generous vacation: Time off is essential, and we highly encourage it. We trust you to take as much as you need, when you need it. Every team member is expected to take at least 20 days of vacation each year. To help make sure you do, after taking 20 days, shakers receive a $1,000 bonus to put towards their next vacation
- Insurance coverage: We offer health, dental, paramedical, disability, life, and travel coverage so you're always at your best. On top of our insurance coverage, all shakers also get access to a health and wellness spending account
- Personal development: It's a marathon, not a sprint. We're here to help you define and hit your personal career goals so that you can get where you want to be. To support our team, every shaker gets a $2,000 yearly budget to spend on learning and development
- Working from home: Working from home should be comfortable. Every shaker gets $1,200 to spruce up their home office and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses
- Self-sovereignty: The path to self-sovereignty means being in full control of your coins. We offer a budget for shakers to get a self-hosted wallet and to build a self-hosted node
Company HQ
Golden Square Mile, Montreal, QC
Leadership
Jean Amiouny
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at Booz & Company, before moving on to co-found White Payments - which was subsequently acquired by Payfort.
Roy Breidi
(Co-Founder & CTO)Prior to co-founding Shakepay in 2016, Roy was a Technology Associate at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor's in Computer Engineering.
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